Eproson v. State

Hawkins, Judge.

Conviction is for possessing for the purpose of sale whisky in dry territory, the punishment being a fine of $100.00. It was alleged by proper averments that Hood County was “dry area,” and particularly charged that in said county on the 4th day of January, 1938, appellant unlawfully possessed for the purpose of sale forty-eight pints and thirty-six quarts of whisky.

The evidence shows that two employees of the Texas Liquor Control Board followed appellant from Fort Worth in Tarrant County where the whisky had been placed in appellant’s car, to Granbury in Hood County, at which…